Coral Jewelry Care

Before going on the ways to the
steps to take care of coral jewelry; let us have a brief introduction of coral
and what is coral jewelry. Skeletal remains of many marine animals are known as
polyp Corallicum, informally Coral.

Coral is mainly composed of calcium
carbonate. It is widely used for making fashion jewelry. Most of the coral used
in jewelry making comes either Taiwan or Japan; from Pacific Ocean or
Mediterranean Sea. Coral jewelry is
delicate and easy to be broken very easily. So here are some tips one how to take care of your coral jewelry.

Be Gentle

As it is mentioned above the
coral jewelry is very delicate. This jewelry needs to be deal with a gentle
way. It needs to be taken care, so wear it and store it with all care. Avoid
applying too much pressure on the coral beads, it will dust or broke into
pieces. Store it in a place where jewelry could be in pressure of other items.

Gold And Silver Jewelry

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Sterling Silver JewelrySilver having symbol Ag has the Latin name Argentum. It belongs to the group of coinage metals. Copper and gold are also the coinage metals but only silver and gold are worth the properties that allow them to be used as jewelry.

Be Careful While Storing It

Store corals gentle and
carefully. Corals beads are easy to get scratched.

Use lined boxes to store the
coral jewelry. You can use small pouches for this purpose as well.

It is more
advisable to store each piece of separately to avoid scratches on the beads and
make them easily dust.

Use pouches of soft materials as corals needs to be
handled gently as much as possible.

Wear It On Clean Skin

Do wear your corals when you have
all done with your make up and other cosmetics.

Cosmetics, as fact, are made
from harsh chemicals, chemicals that could discoloration and dust the
beads.

Coral beads are easy to react and
discolored with such chemicals. Wear it when you’re completely done with your
make up and all cosmetics.

Keep It Away From Sprays

Use all kinds of hair sprays,
body buffs, perfumes and deodorants before putting on the coral jewelry. Sprays
are made from harsh chemicals and coral beads are delicate and fragile to bear
those chemicals.

The chemicals could make the corals dust, discolored or cause
lose their shine. Avoid these sprays with other types of jewelry as well but
take special care when you have planned to wear coral jewelry.

Keep It Out Of High Temperature

Avoid as much as possible to wear
the corals in the scorching summer and sun shine. Corals can lose their shine
and fade their color when exposed directly to the sun rays.

Coral is obtained
from sea bed, where temperature and harshness of sun rays is softer than on
earth, so, corals can be faded if exposed to sun rays in high temperature.

Clean It With A Microfiber Cloth

Use a soft and microfiber cloth
to clean the coral beads and coral jewelry. It would be better to warm the
cloth with warm water to clean it.

Avoid use of hard chemicals, varnishes,
shiner and other cleaner on this kind of jewelry.

Use of water either too cold
or too hot can damage the corals as well. The best medium to clean coral beads
is to clean is warm water.

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Coral ring.

How To Clean Jewelry At Home

Cleaning Jewelry At HomeTo clean our jewelry is very vital and every woman has craving to wear an eyecatching and astonishing jewelry. Many people forget to clean their jewelry which not only makes their jewelry none luminous but also reduces its charm.

Clean It With Care

Wipe the beads gently. Rubbing
and pressing uselessly would not make them shine but scratches and
discoloration.

In case, you use your coral in daily use it would be strongly
advisable to clean it on daily basis to avoid dirt marks and penetration of
dust particles in the beads. Do not deal with the corals in an aggressive way;
it may hurt the little fragile beads.

Let It Dry Properly

Allow corals to dry in open air properly and
completely before storing it in lined box or pouch. Storing it damp or moist
will affect the shine and color of the corals.

Storing it damp may also cause
fungus on the coral beads that could dull the settings as well as corals. So,
let it be dry in open air

Dyed corals.

Avoid Using Cleaner

Cleaning of corals not at all
needs any cleaner. As said before warm water is the best agent to clean corals.
For the times you’re cleaning the jewelry settings, avoid it touching with the
beads.

Though sometimes just cleaning with water is not enough for silver
settings.

Sometime corals are fitted with other gems stones which need tough
cleaners to shine again. In these cases you need to be more and more carefully.

Precious And Semi-precious Stones

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EmeraldsNature has created so many beautiful things around us that it is impossible for us to actually completely ponder over all these beautiful things.

RubiesOur Earth is made up of a variety of different materials like clay, sand, rock,mud etc and all these material have there own importance in giving Earth the unique properties that make this place worth living.

SapphiresGemstones are one of the most beautiful creation on Earth and the sparkling color they exhibit when lights shine on them is so amazing that one feels like he is seeing stars in this very planet.

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